Elizabeth Spalding, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Government

Department

Government

Areas of Expertise

American Foreign Policy

Cold War

International Relations

Presidency

Religion and the American Presidency

Teaching Interests

U.S. foreign policy, International relations, Leadership and the American presidency, Grand strategy and power

Research Interests

U.S. presidents and foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War, Liberal internationalism, Religion and U.S. foreign policy

Education

B.A., Hillsdale College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Virginia

Awards and Affiliations

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Board of Trustees and Academic Council

Harry S. Truman Library Institute Dissertation Year Fellowship

Research and Publications

A Brief History of the Cold War (Regnery History, 2016)

The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism (University Press of Kentucky, 2006)

"The Enduring Significance of the Truman Doctrine," Orbis (Fall 2017)

"True Believers," Wilson Quarterly (Spring 2006)

"Peace Through Strength and Freedom: Truman, Marshall, and Acheson," in edited volume on American grand strategy (Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming)

"Religion and the Presidency of Harry S. Truman," in edited volume on religion and the American Presidency (Columbia University Press, 2009)

“The Origins and Meaning of Reagan’s Cold War,” in edited volume on Ronald Reagan’s presidency (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)

Review, Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy," Andrew Preston, in H-Diplo (2012)

Article, “The Ratification of NATO: Executive-Legislative Cooperation and an Unprecedented Commitment in U.S. Foreign Policy” in David Abshire, ed., Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern President (Praeger, 2001)

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